A Straight Talking Introduction to the Power Threat Meaning Framework: An alternative to psychiatric diagnosis

Contents
Author biographies
Acknowledgements
Introducing the Straight Talking Introductions series
Chapter 1: What this book aims to do
Chapter 2: The problems with diagnosis and why we need a different approach
Chapter 3: Introducing the Power Threat Meaning Framework
Chapter 4: ‘What has happened to you?’ (How is power operating in your life?)
Chapter 5: ‘How did what happened affect you?’ (What kind of threats does this pose?)
Chapter 6: ‘What sense did you make of it?’ (What is the meaning of these situations and experiences to you?)
Table 6.1: Meanings
Chapter 7: ‘What did you have to do to survive?’ (What kinds of threat response are you using?)
Table 7.1: Threat responses
Chapter 8: General patterns in distress
Figure 8.1: The foundational power threat meaning pattern
Chapter 9: What is your story?
Chapter 10: How did we get here? Questioning some basic assumptions
Chapter 11: Further implications of the Power Threat Meaning Framework
Further reading and resources
Appendix: General patterns
References
Name index
Subject index